Mark C. McGlothlen grew up in St. Joseph County and lived in Constantine for 22 years. He currently lives in the Kalamazoo area and for the past several years has been covering the Kalamazoo Wings of the ECHL for the Journal.

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By Mark McGlothlen

Jan. 15, 2013
10:17 a.m.

More on the interview with Kalamazoo Wings head coach Nick Bootland:On losing: “You learn a lot more about yourself and your team and your own work ethic when you lose. You learn a lot more from losing than you do winning. I’ve learned about myself-I’m going to continue to work even harder than ever-I don’t know how happy my wife is to hear that. She’s obviously very supportive and one of the main reasons I am able to do the job that I do.”Turning things around: “We’ve been teaching and creating drills to teach things that we have weaknesses on. We’re trying to find other ways to show guys. Everyone learns in a different way and everyone grasps things in a different way. We’re trying to show them every single way possible to try and get out of this.”Scoring and winning: “I think the big thing is- we have to understand that we’re a team that needs everyone, all 18 guys in the lineup every night to win. We’re not going to score 5, 6, 7 goals every night. The last three years we’ve been one of the top three in scoring goals and now were in the bottom three. So we have to change our style and compete at a level where we can still get results. That’s a team first game and that’s a defensive first game. That’s taking care of our zone and capitalizing on our opportunities when given the chance.”Player movement on other teams in the division: “I just see the transactions like everyone else. We will see how it plays out. We can really control ourselves and that is about it.” Making their move: “There is no reason we can’t get on a hot streak and climb the ladder. There’s no doubt in our minds, in this room. There’s a lot of things that have to come together-the consistency has got to get better and the confidence will go up. The composure will go up. These are three huge things when it comes to the game of hockey.”